The Celebration 2018 Processional and Grand Entrance was last night in Juneau, Alaska. The biennial festival marks the gathering of Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian people from across Southeast. Groups of canoers paddled from Kake, Angoon, Hoonah, Ketchikan, Sitka, Haines, British Columbia to be here. Thousands more flew from communities across the state and Pacific Northwest. June 6, 2018.
Dad goes for a rattlesnake hunt, somewhere in the Southwest.
Mom & Mother Bea.
Being Max Kritzer: The story of the math major you never meet in college until he moves to your hometown in Alaska.
Top: Young vikings ride in the Little Norway parade in Petersburg during Maifest 2018.
Bottom: Full-sized vikings brave the sun during Maifest 2018.
Top: Norwegian maiden chips iceberg in Petersburg.
Bottom: Governor of Alaska joins shrimp boil with vikings.
Top: Juneau's oyster man, Matt Kearn.
Bottom: Juneau's cake lady, Nancy Hemenway.
Top: Viking king.
Bottom: Scariest viking in all the land.
On day 117, we wear vests.
Top: Adrienne Kathleen turns 28.
Bottom: The Douglas Pumphouse turns 104.